# @blonde_atlas on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDyTDERY7a
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69182828-blonde-atlas-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c5720f70eb.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-16T11:30:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Whitney - Travel Advisor (@blonde_atlas) — https://gondola.cc/blonde_atlas

## Caption

I’m naturally a very forward-thinking person. I’m usually looking at what’s next, where I want to go, what I want to build, and how I can keep growing. But every now and then, I have to remind myself to stop and actually look at what’s already here.

Around 10 years ago, I completely changed direction. I left my job, took a huge risk on myself, and started travelling on my own dime simply because I loved it and wanted to experience more of the world.

I didn’t have the whole thing mapped out, but slowly that love of travel became a career, and then two businesses built around helping other people experience more of the world too. And that still sits at the heart of everything I do.

I really believe travel changes us. It opens us up, introduces us to people and perspectives we may never have encountered otherwise, and makes us more curious, empathetic and understanding of the world around us.

So this is partly a reminder to myself to stop every once in a while and appreciate what’s been built along the way. And maybe a reminder to you too that taking the risk, changing direction and starting over can lead somewhere you never could have planned.

And if you’re new here, hi, I’m Whitney 👋 I share a lot about travel, hotels, life in London, and the behind-the-scenes of building a career around seeing more of the world.

Very glad you’re here x

#luxurytravel #traveladvisor #cntraveler #traveltips

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traveladvisor, luxurytravel, cntraveler, traveltips

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